Wednesday, December 03, 2025

3D-printed cornea restores blind patient's sight for the first time

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"In a major breakthrough in human tissue replication, for the first time ever a 3D-printed cornea has been transplanted onto a legally blind patient's eye, successfully restoring their sight. ..."

"In late October 2025, Rambam Eye Institute's Cornea Unit performed the world’s first transplantation of a fully 3D-bio-fabricated, cell-based corneal implant. The procedure was carried out on a patient who was legally blind in the treated eye, marking the first time anywhere that a corneal implant grown entirely from cultured human corneal cells, rather than donor tissue, has been successfully transplanted in a human being. In this instance, a single cornea from a healthy, deceased donor was cultured in the lab to create and print an additional 300 corneal implants. ..."

3D-printed cornea restores blind patient's sight for the first time





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